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Chapter28/Unemploymentv1203

Chapter28

Unemployment

MultipleChoice

1. Thenaturalrateofunemploymentisthe

a. unemploymentratethatwouldprevailwithzeroinflation.

b. rateassociatedwiththehighestpossiblelevelofGDP.

c. differencebetweenthelong-runandshort-rununemploymentrates.

d. amountofunemploymentthattheeconomynormallyexperiences.

ANS:

D PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Naturalrateofunemployment MSC:

Definitional

2. Cyclicalunemploymentrefersto

a. therelationbetweentheprobabilityofunemploymentandaworker'schanginglevelofexperience.

b. howoftenaworkerislikelytobeemployedduringherlifetime.

c. year-to-yearfluctuationsofunemploymentarounditsnaturalrate.

d. long-termtrendsinunemployment.

ANS:

C PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Cyclicalunemployment MSC:

Definitional

3. Cyclicalunemploymentiscloselyassociatedwith

a. long-termeconomicgrowth.

b. short-runupsanddownsoftheeconomy.

c. fluctuationsinthenaturalrateofunemployment.

d. changesintheminimumwage.

ANS:

B PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Cyclicalunemployment MSC:

Interpretive

4. Thenaturalrateofunemploymentistheeconomist'snotionof

a. fullemployment.

b. cyclicalemployment.

c. structuralunemployment.

d. frictionalunemployment.

ANS:

A PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Naturalrateofunemployment MSC:

Definitional

5. Thenaturalrateofunemployment

a. isaconstant.

b. isthedesirablerateofunemployment.

c. cannotbealteredbyeconomicpolicy.

d. Noneoftheaboveiscorrect.

ANS:

D PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Naturalrateofunemployment MSC:

Interpretive

6. Thenaturalrateofunemployment

a. refersmostlytounemploymentcreatedbythecyclicalfluctuationsinrealGDP.

b. cannotbechangedbygovernmentpolicy.

c. variesovertime.

d. istheoptimalrateofunemploymentinaneconomy.

ANS:

C PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Naturalrateofunemployment MSC:

Definitional

7. Whichofthefollowingiscorrect?

a. Somedegreeofunemploymentisinevitable.

b. OtherthingsthesameanincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhoareunemployedisassociatedwithadecreaseinrealGDP.

c. Cyclicalunemploymentisinverselyrelatedtoshort-runeconomicfluctuationsinGDP.

d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.

ANS:

D PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Unemployment MSC:

Interpretive

8. Dataonunemploymentisreported

a. weekly.

b. monthly.

c. quarterly.

d. yearly.

ANS:

B PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Unemployment MSC:

Definitional

9. TheBLSproducesdataon

a. unemployment.

b. typesofemployment.

c. lengthoftheaverageworkweek.

d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.

ANS:

D PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

BureauofLaborStatistics MSC:

Definitional

10. Whichofthefollowingisnotcorrect?

a. Theunemploymentrateiscomputedusingthenumberofunemploymentinsuranceclaimsfiled.

b. Eachadultincludedintheunemploymentstatisticsisclassifiedasemployed,unemployed,ornotinthelaborforce.

c. Unemploymentnumbersarebasedonlyonpeopleagedsixteenandolder.

d. TheBureauofLaborStatisticsgathersdataonunemploymentandemployment.

ANS:

A PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Unemployment MSC:

Definitional

11. Unemploymentdataiscollected

a. fromunemploymentinsuranceclaims.

b. througharegularsurveyofabout60,000households.

c. througharegularsurveyofabout200,000firms.

d. Unemploymentdataiscollectedusingalloftheabove.

ANS:

B PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Unemployment MSC:

Definitional

12. ThesumofwhichofthefollowingwouldnecessarilybeequaltotheadultpopulationintheUSstatisticsonlabor?

a. employed,unemployed

b. discouragedworkers,employed,unemployed

c. employed,unemployed,notinthelaborforce

d. discouragedworkers,employed,notinthelaborforce

ANS:

C PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Employment MSC:

Definitional

13. Thelaborforceequalsthe

a. numberofpeoplewhoareemployed.

b. numberofpeoplewhoareunemployed.

c. numberofpeopleemployedplusthenumberofpeopleunemployed.

d. adultpopulation.

ANS:

C PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Laborforce MSC:

Definitional

14. Thelaborforce

a. equalsthenumberofpeopleemployed.

b. equalsthenumberofpeopleemployedplusthenumberofpeopleunemployed.

c. equalsthenon-institutionalizedadultpopulation.

d. equalsthenumberofpeopleemployedplusthenumberofpeoplecyclicallyunemployed.

ANS:

B PTS:

1 DIF:

1 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Laborforce MSC:

Definitional

15. Tedisworkingparttime.Aliceisontemporarylayoff.WhoiscountedasemployedbytheBLS?

a. onlyTed

b. onlyAlice

c. bothTedandAlice

d. neitherTednorAlice

ANS:

A PTS:

1 DIF:

2 REF:

28-1

TOP:

Laborforce MSC:

Definitional

16. Jackisafull-timeunpaidhomemakernotcurrentlysearchingforotherwork.Jillisafull-timestudentwhoisnotlookingforajob.WhodoestheBLScountinthelabor